Chapter 1 Introduction, Susan Reid; Part I The practice of infant observation; Chapter 2 Beginnings, Isca Wittenberg; Chapter 3 Shared unconscious and conscious perceptions in the nanny-parent interaction which affect the emotional development of the infant, Jeanne Magagna; Chapter 4 The meaning of difference, Lynda Ellis; Part II Theoretical developments; Chapter 5 First light, Eric Rhode; Chapter 6 Moments of discovery, times of learning, Alex Dubinsky, Olga Bazhenova; Chapter 7 Thoughts on the containing process from the perspective of infant/mother relations, Pamela Berse Sorensen; Chapter 8 Speculations on components in the infant’s sense of agency, Anne Alvarez, Piera Furgiuele; Chapter 9 Psychosomatic integrations Eye and mouth in infant observation, Maria Rhode; Chapter 10 Interplay, Suzanne Maiello; Part III Research developments; Chapter 11 Observed families revisited ? two years on, Gertraud Diem-Wille; Chapter 12 Observing when infants are at potential risk, Stephen Briggs;